What does Genesis 17:27 mean?

Genesis 17:27 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Genesis 17:27 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

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